Debt of Honour

Debt of Honour

Debt of Honour is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh.

Plot

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.[1]

Cast

  • Leslie Banks - Major Jimmie Stanton
  • Will Fyffe - Fergus McAndrews
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald - Peggy Mayhew
  • Niall MacGinnis - Lieutenant Peter Stretton
  • Reginald Purdell - Pedro Salvas
  • Garry Marsh - Bill
  • Stewart Rome - Major Purvis
  • Phyllis Dare - Mrs Stretton
  • Joyce Kennedy - Lady Bracebury
  • William Kendall - Paul Martin
  • Randle Ayrton - Captain Turner
  • Eric Cowley - Richard Denham
  • David Horne - Colonel Mayhew

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30933



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